The Ultimate Fighter season 17 will debut Tuesday, Jan. 22, on FX at 8 p.m. ET. Twenty-eight middleweight fighters from 16 different U.S. states and territories, as well as international talent from Sweden, England, New Zealand, Jamaica and South Africa will compete for a six-figure multi-fight contract with the UFC.
The 14 fighters who pass the elimination round will be divided into two teams where they will train under coaching staffs led by UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones and Chael Sonnen. Jones and Sonnen will then square off themselves in a championship bout in April.
The cast of TUF 17 fighters is as follows:
- Dylan Andrews (16-4-1), 32, Gold Coast, Australia (by way of New Zealand)
- Kito Andrews (9-2), 34, Sacramento, Calif.
- Luke Barnatt (5-0), 24, Cambridge, England
- Leo Bercier (7-2), 31, Great Falls, Mont.
- Ryan Bigler (9-3), 28, Yona, Guam
- Kevin Casey (5-2), Hawthorne, Calif.
- Adam Cella (4-0), 27, Fenton, Mo.
- Zach Cummings (15-3), 28, Kansas City, Mo.
- Andy Enz (6-1), 21, Anchorage, Alaska
- Nik Fekete (5-1), 32, Las Vegas
- Kelvin Gastelum (5-0), 20, Yuma, Ariz.
- Uriah Hall (7-2), 28, New York City (by way of Jamaica)
- Collin Hart (4-1-1), 23, Santa Rosa, Calif.
- Clint Hester (7-3), 25, Atlanta
- Jake Heun (3-2), 25, Salt Lake City
- Mike Jasper (6-0), 29, Camarillo, Calif.
- Nicholas Kohring (3-0), 22, Valley Springs, Calif.
- Robert “Bubba” McDaniel (20-6), 29, Albuquerque, N.M.
- Fraser Opie (10-5), 29, Milton Keynes, England (by way of South Africa)
- Mike Persons (3-0), 28, Manteca, Calif.
- Jimmy Quinlan (3-0), 26, Metheun, Mass.
- Scott Rosa (4-1), 26, Sparks, Nev.
- Joshua Samman (9-2), 24, Tallahassee, Fla.
- Gilbert Smith Jr. (5-1), Colorado Springs, Colo.
- Eldon Sproat (3-1), 27, Molokai, Hawaii
- Tor Troeng (15-4-1), 29, Umea, Sweden
- Eric Wahlin (5-1), 29, Taylorsville, Utah
- Timothy Williams (7-1), 26, Millville, N.J.
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